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Speed Limit

Psycho in Da Cut

Aquamarine

Xantho

STEP02 - Step Ball Chain 
Tapestry Of Sound
Pre Order @ One Eye Witness: https://cutt.ly/ocKIA8r
Digi Preorder: https://stepballchain.bandcamp.com/album/tapestry-of-sound

A1 Maypole Theme (Surrealist Piano Roll Mix) [6:58]
A2 Maypole Theme (Looming Giant Mix) [4:59]

B1 Wasp Of A Woman [5:50]
B2 Inhale, Exhale [5:32]

Visual Art and Music have historically shared an important, entwined relationship; often posing questions of which provoked which in a project? What about when the imagery is a medieval surrealist, hyper coloured XTC wonderland? Genre-blurred and stirred, daring and dynamic dance music for the twistedly imaginative minds and bodies! The Tapestry of Sound is an audio tribute to the liquid lockdown Tapestry of 2020, a wall-size mixed media art piece originally intended for a live-stream backdrop; despite not being completed in time, it became the epicentre of communal creative junction & release - no limits or logical sense. The result, a sonic terrarium cultivated by longtime partners in crime D. Tiffany and Roza Terenzi; with the help of friends, weaving their sapphic magic into something wicked and new for STEP02, Tapestry of Sound.

A maypole is a tall wooden pole often erected as part of late 19th century European Midsummer folk festivals, around which a dance often takes place; coinciding with Summer Solstice, or in Corona-era... Scrollstice. The A-side presents two contrasting offerings of the Maypole Theme, opening with the Surrealist Piano Roll Mix; an effortless euphoria gliding and twirling amidst a rolling 2-step garage routine, playfully anticipating melodic ecstasy via black and white keys. A complementary contrast offered by the Looming Giant Mix; sleek and deep. A hot-femme fiasco, driving and deviating between 4/4 and a freaky broken plot-twist; evoking imagery of the night, skipping fiercely round the pole; which was often considered a symbol of the union between masculine and feminine energy.

Wasp Of A Woman initiates the B side blowout, stripped back and sensual, but don’t be fooled; this is a straight-up b0mb. Low end throbbing underneath ferociously swung drums, topped by microphone assassin Kaylin with the fire lyrical content, a true upcycle of genres to set the mood for a flammable dancefloor. Cooling off, only slightly for a cigarette break, is Inhale, Exhale the final track from the EP. The tempo finally settling down but bumping up the groove with thumping toms guiding a playful party-starter, rhythmic and melodically inspired; infectiously cheeky with subliminal naughty memos teasing their way in through the backdoor.

Let your mind run wild with this effortless collaboration, two minds sharing the same obscurely forward-thinking visionary, the Tapestry Of Sound; a Meta Musical Time Capsule.

Mixing by Tapestry & Marco Pellegrino
Mastering & Cut by Marco Pellegrino @ Analog Cut
Distributed by One Eye Witness
Artwork by Sophia & Kathy

Tapestry Of Sound (STEP02)

Release date (vinyl & digital): 14th of May

A1: Bang Wap
A2: Bolt
B1: Say It Loud
B2: Shine

Token celebrates its 100th release with Luke Slater, a legend of the genre, releasing under one of his most iconic aliases: Planetary Assault Systems. For over 25 years, Slater has delivered unparalleled quality in his music - a formative figure in Techno and instrumental in defining the sound globally, few can touch the Brit for depth, urgency and hit rate.

Exhibiting near enough perfect renditions of classic dance-floor moods, the four track EP is a wrought iron rollercoaster through some of the artist’s most exacting work. Booming opener Bang Wap chugs unrelentingly while a lithe FX line does the bulk of the movement in the high mid range - building tension before a satisfying release in the last quarter. A2 Bolt is classic Planetary Assault Systems - hypnotic and driving with a single sequence dipping in and out of view. On the flip, Say It Loud could be an idiosyncratic hit waiting to happen - dry and tight in the drum department for maximum effect, and featuring a recurring vocal sample chopped and skewed for tension. Closer Shine takes a deeper, more psychedelic route with shades of the classic, jacking Detroit sound in the pitch bent lead line, but maintains the energy throughout with stylish delay sends upping the ante where required, all in all delivering a neat finish to the EP.

TOKEN100 - Planetary Assault Systems - Say It Loud

Dedicated 2 Disrespect EP

Baby

BMW Track

Command Ep

Return

Ninth in the Ternesc series, Digital formats release June 18th, Vinyl format released later in the year.

Blawan - Justa

Dax J - Universal Future Sound  [Monnom Black 025/026 Utopian Surrealism LP] 

Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFTfM0wSml0

Dax J’s Utopian Surrealism observes our transition into a new dystopian era. It reflects the strain in distinguishing truth and reality from the ever-growing radicalised networks of global manipulation, whilst extreme polarised realities, AI, deception, and mass poverty stay hidden away as we accelerate into the next stage of evolution.

Utopian Surrealism is Dax J’s 3rd studio album. Written during lockdown, Inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s book Sapiens.

Tracklist

1. Simulated Reality (Terafactory AI Electronics)
2. Universal Future Sound
3. East London Back Alleys (Jungle Techno Mix)
4. Utopian Surrealism
5. The Second Renaissance (Final Dystopia)
6. Industrial Cyber Technologies
7. Opioiding (Fentanyl Mix)
8. None The Wiser
9. Fractalize
10. Anthropic Demise

All Tracks Written, Produced and Mixed by Dax J
Available on 2x12” Vinyl + Digital

Album Sampler Released - June 11th 2021

Full album Released - August 2021

MONNOM BLACK 026
Mastered by Matt Colton
Cut by Simon @ The Exchange

Utopian Surrealism

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Dax J - Universal Future Sound [Monnom Black 025/26 - Utopian Surrealism LP]

Running

After years of refining her sound, Mor Elian seems to have landed on a particularly sweet spot between techno and electro. Her latest dispatch, 'Persona Non Grata' is the latest dispatch from the Israeli-born, Berlin-based producer, and it's slated to arrive on May 25 via UK label Hypercolour.  Ahead of the EP's release, we debuted its ominously booming title track on Red Bull Radio's First Floor, our weekly look at what's new in electronic music.

@morelian
@hypercolourrecords
http://redbullradio.com/shows/first-floor-shawn-reynaldo
http://redbullmusicacademy.com

Persona Non Grata

Mor Elian "Persona Non Grata" [First Floor Premiere]

Collaboration with @time-travel-beats

The track is available to download for free on my bandcamp.

cassetter.bandcamp.com/album/the-fugitive

Original version of the song: Hiver & Hammer Feat. Javah - 5 Million Miles

The Fugitive

Free Download

Lost In A Maze (Feat. Time Travel)

трип presents ‘locus error’, a new double vinyl concept album. Moving beyond the scope of the traditional, arbitrarily compiled VA, трип's conceptual approach brings together a range of artists around a uniting theme, supplying a sense of cohesion and narrative thrust.
Like Noel Saavedra’s accompanying artwork, the narrative is vibrant yet nightmarish, a vision of classic trance music, including its psy side, refracted through трип's fearless, oddball aesthetic. Nina Kraviz sets the tone with 'test'. Kyoka’s ‘link’ coaxes you in with suggestive murmurs from all angles like an auditory hallucination. Ryan James Ford and ANTIGONE make label debuts, while SOPHIE and Juliana Huxtable unite for the first time as Analemma - a formidable pairing with an abstract offering, merging trance elements, metallic and corporeal sound design with vintage euphoria.
трип misfits PTU do their best to upset your sense of time and meter with two modern psy trance interpretations. Carlota contributes the nervously optimistic title track. Alan Backdrop’s hair and pulse raising yet classy ‘nizaj’ clears the way for the grand finale: X-Dream’s murky, mesmeric and minimalistic genre classic ‘superintelligence’. On the digital a ‘clever mix’ that was previously unreleased outside Japan will be released. Masters sit alongside newcomers to the form, on an LP for dancers deep in a fugue state.

locus error

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B3 ANTIGONE - DANCE

After contributions to 2019’s ‘locus error’ and 2018’s ‘happy new year! we wish you happiness!’ Carlota presents her debut EP on трип.

On ‘the bow’ EP Carlota exposes the subtleties of emotion, memory and time through various aural explorations.

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Carlota - entropy to syntropy

Release date: 31.07.2020

Preorder: bit.ly/DBGI002

Club tools that flaunt meticulous percussion, time-stretched vocals and syncopated drums, crafted with UKG sensibilities.

As premiered by The Black Madonna on BBC Radio 1's Residency, the record opens with O O O, a peak-time banger comprising of pungent vocal direction, and gently swung, pristinely programmed percussion.

Duvrow Hill utilises a clattering worm break, with spacious bass devastation, complimenting aromatic, time-stretched vocals.

Three Strikes, named after it's three different, distinct drops, consists of an extraordinary arrangement, exposing a fuller view as it concludes an EP of valuable club tools.

Chungo - Three Strikes [Dudbridge Garage International]

Tracks On Delivery

Pattern Three

Introducing himself to a global audience with his debut EP ‘Control Mission’ in 2018, Huey Mnemonic has since released a self-titled EP in 2019 and launched his own label Subsonic Ebonics this summer with ‘Virtuosity’ EP. Creating the platform as a way of tapping into Detroit’s rich history and exploring sci-fi themes throughout the lens of Black liberation, Huey Mnemonic’s main goal is adding to the city’s legacy, and an important part of telling the story of Detroit music is owning your own platform. 

Having grown up in Flint, Michigan, Huey’s early musical education comes from the sounds he was introduced to from his parents and grandparents, spanning across funk, techno, R&B, and house. Experimenting with Ableton and other PC software, Huey knew from around 16 years old that he wanted to pursue music and at the age of 24 released his first creation into the world. Alongside the earlier mentioned solo EPs, Huey has contributed to several compilations such as Haus Of Altr’s famed series and American Dance Music Vol. 2 as well as remixed for Escaflowne on Sorry Records. Very much inspired by his surroundings, Huey’s latest release, ‘Technician’, draws from various roles working within electronic manufacturing and as an SMT operator, reflecting the sounds he hears every day. On the release, Huey enlists Murfreesboro, TN producer Max Watts for remix duties, who he connected with through the HOA compilations. 

Pre-order here: https://hueymnemonic.bandcamp.com/album/technician-w-max-watts-remix

Read our interview here: https://www.untitled909.com/the-lowdown-huey-mnemonic/

@hueypmnemonic
@maxwatts

Junction 2: Selects

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